managing multiples

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I dont mean taking care of twins or triplets although it could fall into this category. I am talking about tending to the hectic schedule of having more that a couple of children in school. I have 5 kids, all of which are in school now, and things tend to get a little chaotic sometimes. With one or two kids it was easy to manage your time. But the more kids you have in school the more you as a parent have to keep track of. For example, I have basketball practice, basketball games, after school tutoring, book reports, science projects, english essays, fundraisers, speech therapy, and parent/teacher conferences for two schools and 5 kids. That is just the school activities. We arent even factoring in the church and social activities. As if managing time wasnt hard enough there are always scheduling conflicts caused by others. Like the school messing up the conference schedule so that you have to try to be at two different conferences at the same time. How do parents of large families manage their time? Do you find it frustrating when scheduling conflicts arise?